systemd/man/sd_bus_new.xml
Umut Tezduyar Lindskog db03761e16 man: sd_unref does not necessarily free the bus
Document that sd_unref() does not necessarily free the bus,
even if no part of the program explicitly refs it, due to
the queued messages.
2015-07-10 14:32:02 +02:00

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<refentry id="sd_bus_new">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_bus_new</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>A monkey with a typewriter</contrib>
<firstname>Zbigniew</firstname>
<surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname>
<email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sd_bus_new</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_bus_new</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_ref</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_unref</refname>
<refpurpose>Create a new bus object and create or destroy references to it</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_new</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_ref</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_unref</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_bus_new()</function> creates a new bus
object. This object is reference-counted, and will be destroyed
when all references are gone. Initially, the caller of this
function owns the sole reference and the bus object will not be
connected to any bus. To connect it to a bus, make sure
to set an address with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_address</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or a related call, and then start the connection with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_start</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>In most cases it's a better idea to invoke
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or related calls instead of the more low-level
<function>sd_bus_new()</function> and
<function>sd_bus_start()</function>. The higher-level calls not
only allocate a bus object but also start the connection to a
well-known bus in a single function invocation.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> creates a new reference to
<parameter>bus</parameter>.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> destroys a reference to
<parameter>bus</parameter>. Once the reference count has dropped
to zero, <parameter>bus</parameter> cannot be used anymore, so
further calls to <function>sd_bus_ref()</function> or
<function>sd_bus_unref()</function> are illegal.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para>On success, <function>sd_bus_new()</function> returns 0 or a
positive integer. On failure, it returns a negative errno-style
error code.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_ref</function> always returns the argument.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_unref</function> always returns
<constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Errors</title>
<para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
<listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para><function>sd_bus_new()</function> and other functions
described here are available as a shared library, which can be
compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>